How V8 optimises JavaScript code?

In my previous article, I was talking about NodeJS and why it’s fast. Today, I want to talk about V8. I suppose, some of you heard that JavaScript executes as fast as C++. Some of you don’t understand how it’s even possible. JavaScript is a dynamically-typed language with Just in Time (JIT) compilation, when C++ is static-typed language with Ahead of Time (AoT) compilation. And somehow, optimised

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JavaScriptエンジンV8のコンパイラがどのような働きをしているか、簡単に解説した記事。Full-Codegen／Crankshaftが中心でTurboFanは含まれない。参照：http://nothingcosmos.github.io/V8Crankshaft/src/blog.html

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V8はどうやってJavaScriptのコードを最適化しているのかというか。 Lithium Compiler